Global crude steel production in August 2018 up by 2.6pct YoY

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 151.7 million tonnes in August 2018, a 2.6% increase compared to August 2017. The global crude steel production during January-August 2018 totalled 1.187 billion tonnes, up by 4.6% YoY.

Region Wise

Region

Aug’17

Aug’18

YoY

Jan-Aug’17

Jan-Aug’18

YoY

Total 64 countries

147 899

151 740

2.5%

1 132 843

1 187 458

4.6%

Asia

105 241

108 339

2.9%

787 857

830 875

5.2%

European Union (28)

12 424

12 593

1.3%

112 405

114 215

1.6%

North America

9 831

10 286

4.4%

77 340

79 757

3.0%

C.I.S. (6)

8 688

8 691

0.0%

66 294

67 808

2.2%

South America

3 740

3 827

2.3%

28 574

29 527

3.2%

Other Europe

3 489

3 318

-5.2%

26 781

27 440

2.4%

Middle East

2 809

2 954

4.9%

20 856

23 859

12.6%

Africa

1 157

1 159

0.2%

8 826

9 577

7.8%

Oceania

520

574

9.4%

3 910

4 401

11.1%

In ‘000 tonnesWorldsteel

China’s crude steel production for August 2018 was 80.3 million tonnes, an increase of 2.7% compared to August 2017. India produced 8.8 million tonnes of crude steel in August 2018, an increase of 3.7% compared to August 2017. Japan produced 8.8 million tonnes of crude steel in August 2018, up 0.9% on August 2017. South Korea’s crude steel production was 6.1 million tonnes in August 2018, unchanged from its August 2017 production.